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Diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease: therapeutic implications / Jayadave Shakher and Anthony H. Barnett -- Drug therapy for the obese diabetic patient / John P.H. Wilding -- The role of bariatric surgery in the management of type 2 diabetes / David D. Kerrigan, James Evans and John Pinkney -- Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes / Krystyna A. Matyka and Timothy Barrett -- Obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome / Diana Raskauskiene and Richard N. Clayton -- Management of diabesity in primary care: a multidisciplinary approach / Ian W. Campbell.
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Obesity has become the most common chronic disease of the present day, with significant increases in prevalence in populations across the world and all age groups. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in obesity-related metabolic and cardiovascular complications, making it an important public health issue.